A large red/gold earthenware lustre bowl with a wide rim. The bowl is richly painted with motifs of ferns and moths and two fish at the centre. The rim is fully painted with large fluid swirls. The bowl is a lustrous copper red with gold highlights.
Diameter 53 cm
©MarkCampden
©MarkCampden
©MarkCampden
©MarkCampden
Mark Campden
- The Bridge Pottery
- Ceramicist
- Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
- Master Artisan
- Recommended by Design & Crafts Council Ireland
Contact
English
Hours:
Monday to Saturday 10:00 - 18:00
Monday to Saturday 10:00 - 18:00
Phone:
+353 872313095
+353 872313095
©MarkCampden
Eyecatching lustreware
- • Mark creates otherworldly ceramic surfaces
- • He is carrying on a family tradition
- • He enjoys the challenges of his chosen technique
Mark Campden grew up in a creative environment, his mother made sculptural ceramics and his father worked at the renowned Aldermaston Pottery. After his father passed away, he was gifted his notes. These notes allowed Mark to work with lustre firings, a laborious process, but with stunning results. He is one of very few potters working in this way, and, as he explains the steps involved, it is clear why. Each step has to be executed correctly, from creating the forms to work on to making the pigments from copper and silver, from drying the wood (for up to three years) to monitoring the firing to ensure the glowing lustre finish is achieved. Each step requires skills that Mark has built up through experience and he is truly a master of this craft.
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Photo: ©Mark Campden
Fern and Moth Bowl
Photo: ©Mark Campden
Large Lustre Bowl With Moths and Fish
A very large, shallow, red/gold earthenware bowl with a wide rim, richly decorated using the reduced pigment lustre technique in a fish and moth pattern with a floral motif around the rim. The decoration is enhanced by a pink/red blush, an effect of the reduction firing.
Diameter 53 cm
Photo: ©Mark Campden
Fern and Moth Charger
A very large earthenware charger with red/gold reduced pigment lustre decoration, richly painted with fern and moth motifs and two fish at the centre.The gold motifs are applied over a red background. The wide rim is decorated with broad swirls.
Diameter 61 cm
Photo: ©Mark Campden
Blue/Gold Lustre Hare Bowl
A medium sized, earthenware bowl with a flat base and vertical sides, standing on a small foot, painted with a blue ground. Overpainted with golden lustre bands of decoration at the base and rim. Three panels around the centre depict golden leaping hares.
Diameter 20 cm
Photo: ©Mark Campden
Midnight Hare Bowl
A small earthenware bowl with a very wide rim. The centre is a soft gold, depicting the moon. The rim has a blue ground and is equally divided, one half the night sky with stars picked out in lustre. The other, a swirling golden field with a leaping hare.
Diameter 30 cm
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